I'm DONE With Distortion Gamers...

Distortion is a really strong but boring perk in dead by daylight and i really wanted to talk about this one a bit since I see it a lot in my games which annoys me A LOT...
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[@LoganHunter82]

Distortion is a symptom of a bigger problem; Killer aura perks. Especially Lethal Pursuer, Nowhere to Hide and BBQ

[@Аку-ю7ф]

yup, i like to think of distortion as equipping anticheat, in any game seeing people through walls is an insane advantage that people risk their accounts to get, why would it be any different here? especially in a game about finding people to hunt down, aura reading is extremely powerful, even if you dont want to stealth, distortion is pretty much mandatory in todays meta

[@abathurx9500]

@@Аку-ю7ф 100%. I got sick and tired of being utnneled at 5 gens by lethal blights and nurses a few years back. Now its completely cemented in my builds due to more aura reading perks being more commonplace...

[@HippieHeroTTV]

Killer perks are supposed to by base be x4 stronger than survivors and all of them have more difficult activation conditions than distortion that regens tokens constantly .

[@abathurx9500]

@@HippieHeroTTV Yes it should have a tougher condition - do 50% of a gen for a token. But then hte problem comes from perks like NTH just being spammed. But thats not my problem, my problem is just wanting to play the game and getting tunneled out in < 3 minutes.

[@HippieHeroTTV]

@@abathurx9500 honestly since it's such a perk that can be used very selfishly I feel like it should be based off time in chase. Every 45 seconds I wouldn't feel like it would be spamable but still usable after a majority of chases. Nwt hide I would say is probably the weakest killer aura outside perks outside blood warden and territorial imperative. The range is small, it relies on kicking gens , perks such as shadow step and blast mine hard counter it and base kit locker hiding and especially pre running counters it hard as well. It may be annoying but they can only kick a gen so many times before it completely gets blocked

[@Magoflipante85]

Theres an aura reading problem in this game I think. Killers run 2-3 aura reading perks a lot of the time, along with whatever aura reading their power / add-ons bring. I think the worst part is not knowing you're having your aura revealed. You'll often find yourself going for a play only for it to fail cuz the killer knew exactly where you are and you had no way to know that. This also goes for the other side I think, trying to mind game a loop only for the survivor to w key because he can see your aura is not fun either

[@Peeperchip561]

@@Magoflipante85 what killers are you facing to the point where killers aren’t running 2-3 gen regression

[@xFrosten]

This seems highly unlikely, outside of huntress I don't see any of the killers being prone to running only aura reading. Even most huntress players run pop / pain res. The top 10 most used perks for killer only has 3 aura reading perks, one of them being lethal pursuer (which only servers to get a chase going as fast as possible usually). Seeing 2-3 aura reading perks is highly unlikely, even seing more aura reading perks as opposed to gen regression / slow down is also extremely unlikely I harshly disagree with there being an "aura reading problem" in the game, as aura reading perks is literally the only reason every single killer isn't running full slowdown, so it creates variety, which is a ton more fun than just seeing "corrupt, pain res, pop and no way out" every single game.

[@boopyondasnooty]

I'm a killer main with 2.8k hours. I use 1 aura perk at most. Sometimes, none at all. As for addons , Sometimes I use aura perks but typically not.

[@Ptrkkzx2]

What I like about distortion is that it makes the game classic again. I can play like how you would be able to play 7 years ago or when the game came out. It allows you to do plays that you would have been able to do before years ago. It makes chases normal again, without wallhacks. And killers only see you when they actually see you in their sights, not through auras.

[@Andrekenz]

I understand that and respect it, back then only bbq was mostly the aura reading perk killers were using which is counterable in a few ways, now there are so many bs aura reading perks

[@alexandercasas577]

1 anti-aura perk for 6516516546523 killer aura perks

[@SenkoVT]

Nobody talks about the killer problem in this Situation. The over reliance and inability to play without auras aka wallhacks is definetly a big factor. Nobody would complain if aura perks and addons were rarely used..

[@Zakon673]

Because it's not a problem. The killer is running tools to help them get into chases and win via chase pressure. Their alternative is running slowdown. There are very few perks which aren't either slowdown or aura reading which are actually worth using. Would you rather the killer run 4 slowdowns or a mix of slowdown and info? Because those are your options. And I'm going to guess you wouldn't like it if the killer ran the few perks which don't fall into those two categories but are still good, either. Because it's stuff like NOED and STBFL.

[@SenkoVT]

@@Zakon673 info ≠ aura reading. Whispers, surveilance, spies, discordance, ultimate weapon ... theres lots of info perks that dont require an active aura. Killers have no game sense anymore because its more convenient to have wall hacks all the time, thats what i meant. Its not fun to have a clown intox bottle on every loop and see your aura for an eternity to win every " mind game " Replace clown with huntress, chucky, pig, blight, artist or any other killer that has addons for aura reading. People dont want to hide from BBQ, they want protection against anti loop

[@Zakon673]

@@SenkoVT Spies is a bad perk, the worst info perk in the game. It's not unusable, but it can spam you with useless information. Whispers is mainly only good for finding rats who are waiting for their remaining ally to die, since it requires you to search the area, which can take a long time if the survivors are good at sneaking. Time which you don't have while the other survivors might be cranking gens. Surveillance is underrated, but requires you to have efficient ways of starting generator regression like Surge, which isn't usable on every killer. Discordance is pretty good, but only triggers if survivors double up on generators, which efficient survivors will not. It will not help you find rats. Ultimate Weapon is good, but is limited by its extremely long cooldown and the fact it's tied to a radius around a locker, which may not be readily available. It also gives the survivor an immediate alert that the killer now knows their location. Not mentioned from your list is Thrilling Tremors, which is my favorite non-aura info perk. But the problem with it is that it plays really poorly with most regression perks (Pain Res, Deadlock, Grim Embrace). You basically have to use it with either Surge or a genkick regression build, but using it with genkick perks gives survivors a head start on chases and gives them time to hide. It also will not help you find rats. Other people in this comment section have listed BBQ as a reason they run Discordance.

[@xFrosten]

Yet they are rarely used... and what kind of perks give permanent wallhacks? Most aura reading perks is literally only there to scout out stealthy survivors (which is extremely easy for survivors to do). The wallhacks you speak of is non-existent outside of "I'm all ears", which is extremely limited in its usage and is only used by 3 % of all killers Also its not killers fault that the info perks outside of aura reading are all completely awful, except maybe discordance (which does see a high usage compared to most aura reading perks). Saying that aura reading = anti-loop is also just completely illogical and false. Again what aura reading perks serves as an anti-loop? xD Clown and myers are the only instances where you can talk about killer having wallhack, but guess what they are underused compared to more popular killers and on top of that they are among the weakest, so its not an issue that they have builds that can do this (myers literally being a quirky gimmick build, that is arguably way worse than running no add-ons at all). Saying that killers "lost their gamesense" is such a survivor statement to make, you could say the same thing about survivor with all the extremely heavy nerfs that has been done to killer in the past year (and this statement would be arguably a lot more truthful, I can elaborate further on this if you want me too) Also aura reading = info bro, stop the cap

[@SenkoVT]

@@xFrosten it doesnt matter whether the killer is high or low tier. The feeling of getting " outplayed " due to wallhacks is still bad. And no, blight and chucky are high tier killers and both love to run compound and rat poison addons ... so even in your own argument you are wrong. Back in the days Freddy's were literally rage quitting against Object of obsession users because they could see him at all times. When killers have that, thats fine but if survivors do its a problem? Pls spare me with the victom card ... i play since release and killer has never been easier than now, i literally switch to killer qhen i want to relax.

[@BigVingus]

We'll stop bringing distortion if we don't come across Franklins/Weave on every. Single. Killer.

[@Andrekenz]

@@BigVingus Yeah I feel this one😭

[@rosaliegalaxy2164]

Heaven forbid someone use a perk to counter a killer 😂

[@BullcornTV]

I always run Distortion and when I say always, I mean it. Way too many aura reading perks and addons in the game. And I'm not the greatest looper, so I rather not be found too quickly. If I do end up running solo q and the others don't use it then, well, that's too bad. The perk is there for everyone to use. In some games it's more than difficult to get the tokens back; especially when you have stealth killers with aura reading. Pig, Ghostface, Myers and others who run any and all aura readings and we end up on big maps. As a killer I don't mind at all if people use Distortion; again: it's there to use and players can use whatever perk they like. For me, Distortion is anything but boring. It's more than useful to figure out the killer's perks and how to counter them.

[@JondarKorric]

I don't play survivor often, but when I do I bring Distortion, Deja Vu, Botany Knowledge, and Empathic Connection. I'm terrible at chase, so I use Distortion to make it harder to find me through Aura Reading like BBQ and Nowhere to Hide.

[@xara8636]

To be fair it's not directly a distortion problem but more of a person problem. People will run sole survivor and left behind if distortion wasn't there, both of which already have higher escape rates than distortion does. Distortion CAN be used as a info perk for the whole team and is beside object of obsession the only perk than can actually tell you the killers aura perks. If distortion were to be changed, rats would simply switch to other perks of that kind and hide in lockers more often. It's sadly a playstyle that won't leave the game too soon...

[@q_taipan]

Which is why selfish perks such as those you mentioned need to go, they promote unhealthy gameplay

[@Zakon673]

They have higher escape rates because they're used almost exclusively by rats who wait for their allies to die. Distortion is a significantly more popular perk and is used by people who aren't trying to be selfish, which pushes down its survival rate. And the only reason those two perks can be used in that way is because they're paired with Distortion, without it they're basically useless.

[@Andrekenz]

@@q_taipan I stand by this comment

[@Andrekenz]

@@xara8636 those perks you mention in this comment, they don't come even close to distortion's pick rate, yes perks like this are selfish and promote a playstyle that is stupid and boring but many people i feel realise that so they don't use them much, distortion on the other hand... yk

[@aShinySuicune]

Correct me if I'm wrong guys but I think he hates distortion. Jokes aside would have been nice if you gave some suggestions on how the perk could be changed.

[@Andrekenz]

you know what, that's a great suggestion, will keep it in mind for my next videos! but tbh i have no idea how I would change this perk. Maybe it has a cooldown of 30-45 seconds? something like that idk

[@aShinySuicune]

@@Andrekenz I agree it would be a tough perk to change without completely reworking it. Cooldown could be interesting.

[@Andrekenz]

@@aShinySuicune like remove the stacks completely and make it have 45 seconds cooldown, would that be bad?

[@sapphirethealpha5005]

No there's nothing wrong with distortion You are just bored and look for reasons to complain. And look for ways to blame anyone and anything but yourself when you lose in a videogame

[@sydch]

I'd rather reworking it into this; "Whenever the Killer reads your Aura or for every 90/60/30 seconds you are within the Killer's Terror Radius while not being chased, the following effects apply: • Blocks your Aura from being read when Killer attempts it for the next time. • Blocks other Survivors Aura from being read when Killer attempts it for the next time when they are performing Healing action on you. Distortion does not activate when you are in the Dying State. Reduces the duration of all Aura-reading abilities of Killer on you by -2 seconds." So basically, it still hides your aura for at least 50% of whole match, and 100% if you are able to hide yourself from the killer, as long as you are stealthy, you are being rewarded with extended stealth abilities, but still gives killer some clue with not hiding your scratch marks. But at same time, it's also gives killer a clue with your aura being erased sooner than the other Survivors, and instead of Killers aim to deplete your Distortion tokens with constant aura spamming, they are going to be rewarded by noticing your scratch marks when this perk activates, and not letting you to activate it by staying hidden on their TR. And for Lethal Pursuer, now it's not countering the perk as fast as when you load into the match, but it's second effect will be useless so it's a fair trade for both sides. Also, when you get healed, it'll also hide the other survivors with you as long as they are healing you, so I think it's the most fair this perk can get.

[@Andrekenz]

ooo the idea for it to reduce all killer aura reading on you by -2 seconds is quite interesting

[@camilomartan746]

I Didn't know killers needed aura readings perks so much until I saw the distortion hate. I rarely use aura reading perks and I do just fine. It's genuinely not that hard to find those scared hidden survivors guys cmon

[@BlueMellow67]

Are rat players bad? Yes. You know what else feels bad? Feeling like the killer always knows where you are. So have fun letting behavior walk that thin line of balancing it because they never seem to listen in a timely fashion.

[@nooamalka4283]

The killer is supposed to know where you are in the current state of the game. Either the survivors should have strong stealth or strong chase. Having both it just unreasonable.

[@BlueMellow67]

@@nooamalka4283 I agree. Which is why I take stealth because perks because I have 300 hours on steam and my chases reflect my play time unfortunately.

[@icefoxy3460]

Most time killers can find you on gens or recent hooks. It's just that cowards think more about safety than progressing the game​@@nooamalka4283

[@deviouscat4571]

Yeah, we always gotta bitch about something after the last thing we bitched about got nerfed too, don't we?

[@Andrekenz]

@@deviouscat4571 huh?

[@Zakon673]

After being held in a game for 30m by two Distortion gamers who were both waiting for me to kill the other one for hatch, and the only reason it stopped is one got bored and sought me out, I am now using Ultimate Weapon on basically any killer who can make use of it until Distortion gets reworked so that people can't use it like that.

[@Andrekenz]

@@Zakon673 man, I was death hook and was getting chased for 7 minutes the other day, while my soloq t8 was hiding in a corner with distortion and calm spirit with 0 hooks doing abdolutely nothing waiting for me to die😭. I understand ultimate weapon gamers and respect them completely🤣

[@jessejohn7406]

The funny thing is is tht they get caught and still die​@@Andrekenz

[@Wyper2169]

I think the proper way to nerf this perk is to make it start with no stacks and instead make it 45 seconds to gain a token.

[@Andrekenz]

LETHAL GAMERS GO BRRRRR

[@tofski4981]

Fun fact: I'm the killer in background video :)

[@Andrekenz]

lmao fr?

[@tofski4981]

​@@Andrekenzyea fr

[@Andrekenz]

@@tofski4981 oh that's cool! Bro at the end when the last gen popped, I lost my off the record😭😭

[@tofski4981]

@@Andrekenz that perk work like that unfortunately😭

[@korjezilla]

People are way too focused on auras. Auras are pretty unfair for survivors, because it is literal wall hack without you realizing you were seen, giving free hits, downs and information overall. Screams on the other hand fit well within the game. You know you have been seen when you screamed and it is not as powerful as auras. The reason why people do not run scream perks is not because they don't provide info as good as auras. It is because the scream perks suck. Everyone tends to say that stacks are gained too easily for Distortion. But let's not forget that calm spirit has is not a stack based perk. I would absolutely run it, if it didn't have a silly downside of slower interaction speed. No matter what you think about game's balance, DBD is hard to balance because its design is not very well thought through ever and even the devs don't seem to know how the game should work. I just want to give every killer player an important reminder! If you do not like getting countered by Distortion. Run these perks: Spies from the Shadows (actually a pretty good perk with kinda no counters), Rancor (A decent info perk with 0 counter and a free kill), Surveillance (A pretty strong info perk on its own, the repair noises are actually really helpful and can be even stronger as a perk combo), Whispers (jk) Yeah and if you are feeling funny, you can run bloodhound. It is okayish; or infectious fright cause it is good against teams and probably the best screaming perk out there

[@Andrekenz]

@@korjezilla screaming perks are awesome, it's sad UW git nerfed cause it felt like a nice alternative to aura reading!

[@korjezilla]

@@Andrekenz I do think it was too strong It's like if you had an aura of all survivors shown to you constantly With the downside of it being 30 meters away from you. I didn't like it being that easy. You always have it, no cool down, no requirements. Just free scream where you like. That's a bit much But yeah, screaming peeks are nice and I like when newer aura perks at least tell the survivors they are in play If that was always the case, the amount of distortion would be decreased

[@korjezilla]

@@Andrekenz forgot to say. I love object of obsession. It's like distortion, without stacks and it gives you killer info. The fact that you show your aura is such a tiny inconvenience to me. I only regret it like 1% of the time

[@Andrekenz]

@@korjezilla as a person who likes going for beamer saves, object ends up killing me 88% if the time🤣

[@korjezilla]

@@Andrekenz I run it with save builds Yeah you kinda can't stealth with it but even that sometimes doesn't matter. If you're in a team of course

[@Аку-ю7ф]

im not sure there is a way to fix this problem by changing the perk unless the perk should hide the entire teams aura (which might be a bit overpowered to say the least), and you cant really remove distortion or nerf it into obsolescence due to how powerful aura reading perks are, distortion is kinda needed, people in other games (and this one no doubt) will literally pay subscriptions to risk their accounts and personal data to get wallhacks in other games, and for good reason - seeing people through walls is insanely powerful. it only makes sense that theres a counter to it, unless all aura reading gets nerfed (or maybe an "exhaustion" type effect that puts aura reading on cooldown to prevent stacking them, like how you cant stack sprint burst and lithe). also good to note for the usual argument of "this 1 perk counters all of these!" killers also have blindness perks and addons that counter every single survivor aura perk as well, so its not a one sided issue. the real issue in my opinion is killer reliance on aura reading and how many survivors feel forced into running distortion to avoid the killer running past every single spot directly to them ignoring everything around them because they can literally see through walls, indistinguishable from a cheater - we complained when mft made suble speedhacks hard to tell, i find it odd people dont apply that logic here. Good video btw! i definitely empathise with the point being made, soloqers generally just suck but i bet a lot of that is lack of communication, if people could actually communicate i think a lot of the usual "soloq bullshit" would clear up for the most part.

[@Andrekenz]

@@Аку-ю7ф I don't think the perk should be removed or changed, distortion is a really good perk! ITt's not op, survivors just use it wrong... now about killer perks, there are A LOT of perks that give survivor blindness while distortion is the only perk that hides your aura from the killer (other than sole survivor but that requires t8 to die...)

[@FFF813]

This perk is an entirely reactive move. It generates no value if only to cut value from a killer’s build. I’ve played tons of games where it does nothing because killers aren’t running an aura reading perk.

[@Dr_Carnage]

I disageee because I think that its a perk that was born from the concept of rock-paper-scissors. Basicaly, you counter aura reading with aura hiding perks, you counter healing regression perks with healing buff perks, you counter gen defence with gen rush perks, franklins againat survivor items, build to last against franklins and so on. What I am trying to get at is that at the end of the day, the perks whole reason for existing is to give you an edge over your opponent. If you have a build based on 1 gimmic and its countered well then there you go, its countered. Not much you can do that game rather than playing better

[@Andrekenz]

yes but for anti heal survs have MANY perks to choose from. countering aura we have 2, distortion and shadow step but since shadow step is a boon people barely use it so it leaves us with just distortion. shadow step at least works for the whole team, i wish people used it more

[@Dr_Carnage]

@@Andrekenz You can also use aura perks as well to counter. Since all aura does is give information of the killer/survivor location, you can use aura perks to counter aura perks. Sure the killer might have BBQ and be able to see you but if you have kindred and see him coming your way you can leave early. You have plenty of perks to counter aura reading it depends on how you use them. Might not be a direct counter but it gives you the ability to make better decisions.

[@sivufication]

also distortion always reminds me of people who use this perk with bond and sandbag teammates...

[@michaeldeangelissssss]

With all the aura reading perks in the game, It is only logical that distortion would be super valuable, but at the same time, distortion can be a killer in your games as it puts pressure on your other teammates, forcing you to rely on them to be good in chase.

[@Peeperchip561]

How to deal with distortion, 4 aura perks or no aura perks and all regression Just make it so scratch marks aren’t suppressed and tie it to chase. Or just tie it chase

[@archer3134]

There´s a variety of steath perks in dbd, but without distortion most if not all of them are countered by aura reading, which completely nullifies this playstile and leaves aura reading on killers almost uncounterable. So I think the solution to this is in the ability to gain tokens, Gaining tokens by being in the terror radius encourages people following the killer to earn tokens, which is problematic. So to solve this, distortion should gain tokens by making gens, and maybe change to 2 tokens. This would stimulate distortion players to do objectives for the team, make them more easy to find, and in the end game, they would not gain more tokens. The lower the tokens, the less active distortion would be and this would remove some pressure from other survivors.

[@sirvantanite1307]

Distortion is not a problem. You can still easily find survivors that use it.

[@pyroronnie2473]

The fact distortion can counter so much and make people worst at the game is insane

[@colossusslayer1234]

It’s kindof a wierd issue. Aura reading would be OP without Dist, but Dist is so overpowered in itself that it all but negates the entire mechanic of aura reading for killers… which is super unhealthy for the game considering like half the killer perks involve aura reading. IMO, they need to nerf or remove Dist but then rework aura reading to also be more balanced… and rework some of the aura reading perks into other things cuz man there’s way too many.

[@Andrekenz]

yk, bbq and chili is a perfect example of an aura reading perk cause it works to survivors only from 40 meters away from a hook, so survivors have multiple ways to counter it without using dist like either being within this range or hiding in a locker and since you are really far away from the hook for you to be revealed hiding in a locker shouldn't be a problem, This is something I can't say for other aura reading perks like nowhere to hide or floods of rage for example

[@colossusslayer1234]

@@Andrekenz agreed. I think if we had more perks like this and maybe cut the number of aura reading perks in half and then get rid of dist, or put it on a massive cooldown or something, we’d be better off.

[@Andrekenz]

@@colossusslayer1234 I agree! The biggest problems in my opinion are nowhere to hide and lethal, both stupid ass aura perks

[@colossusslayer1234]

@@Andrekenz Yeah both of those are insane, especially together thanks to Lethal’s second effect. I mean I like perks synergising like this but its way too strong.

[@MistarZtv]

rat distortion players need to be put in a no breeding allowed dating pool. the amount of times they're willing to ruin the game for everyone else in the lobby is obnoxious. bhvr didn't hesitate with nerfing 3 genning and stalling the game which i'm greatful for cause that shit was annnoying even if only a small number of killers did it, but theyre dragging their feet with having a proper mechanic where survivors would rat all game like they're playing ranked apex legends. getting everyone dragged into a 30 minute long match.

[@Andrekenz]

@@MistarZtv hahahaha the apex ranked😭😭 I used to play apex so much sad the game is ruin but I liked u compared it to that🤣 and yeah soloq distortion gamers gotta stop crouching in the corner of the map😭

[@annsanchez4803]

Hot take distortion is not the problem!! Aura reading is the problem! Killers have so many perks and add ons it’s crazy. If they rely on aura perks then complain about distortion. I think they need revaluate something.

[@emoneestep]

Selfish players will always exist. Distortion has nothing to do with it. Distortion is going to be meta moving forward because BHVR has given Killers way too much aura reading. There are so many times in chase and outside of chase where the Killer seems to know exactly where you are and it's becoming difficult to play around because too many Killer perks/add-ons reveal your aura now, to the end that trying to figure out which perk it is has become an actual pain. Just loaded in the game? Lethal Pursuer revealed your aura to the Killer. Vaulted anything in chase? I'm All Ears revealed your aura to the Killer. Doing a gen while your teammate is getting chased? Gearhead revealed your aura to the Killer. Ran pass a dull totem you likely didn't even see? Undying revealed your aura to the Killer. Standing anywhere within 24 meters of the Killer after they kicked a gen? No Where to Hide revealed your aura to the Killer. You just happen to be the obsession when someone else is hooked? Friends Til the End revealed your aura to the Killer AND exposed you. Just completed a gen? Bitter Murmer revealed your aura to the Killer. Got hit by Franklin's? Better pray the item did not drop anywhere near anything important or else Weave Attunement is giving the Killer permanent aura reading around that entire 12 meter radius. Someone got hooked far from you? Barbeque and Chili revealed your aura to the Killer. This is also not even taking into account all the Killer add-ons that give them additional aura reading abilities.

[@Andrekenz]

This is why bbq and chili is the most well rounded aura reading perk, u have 2 ways to counter it by either being within the 40 meters of the hook or if u are far away hide in a locker, really good aura reading perk WITH counter play without dist, i wish all the other aura readings were like this

[@GheeseEmpty]

Why are we ignoring the fact that Stakeout doesn't give tokens in chase, but Distortion does? Who the hell figured that would be fair?

[@Andrekenz]

I have 0 idea, on the vid I say it doesn't get tokens in chases cause I legit thought that is how it worked, then i read the description of the perk again and realized...

[@TheFettn]

Distortion is totally fine at the moment, killers with aura reading builds still drain your stacks and if you dont run it you get tunneled out of the game. So i am totally ok with everything and i am not a survivor main.

[@SomeRandomNub]

Personally I don't mind Distortion but that's because I only play Legion.

[@mightkira]

I will be directly. In my opinion people who using distortion are cowards. "Oh i dont want to get found by the killer, i dont want to get chased". Just dont play survivor if you're afraid of one of the base mechnacis, for real. Its just stupid this perk. You getting rewarded for hiding and doing nothing. The perk should be changed that you get 1 Token after you did something for example repairing a gen

[@Andrekenz]

i would personally give it a 45 seconds cooldown

[@williamcrooksii9139]

I think there are too many perks now. You can mix and match so much. They need to take away half the perks or something. Or maybe make some perks sharable but than make certain bound to that character. If they bring the game back to more basic set up maybe they can reduce some of these insane builds. Like the see all survivors aura's the entire match build. So many characters though it would be a crap load of work to organize a set up where certain perks are bound to that character.

[@michaeldeangelissssss]

Distortion solo queue just forces your other tm8s to get chased. Idk about you but my tm8s usually last no more than 30 secs in chase, so I’d rather not run it. The perk is super strong, but at the cost of relying on your other tm8s to be good

[@morrt8579]

Its not even about the perk to me, it feels like an idiot magnet. If I have someone on my team who does a huge throw I can be sure that ill see distortion in the endgame summary.

[@cake94309]

Killers cant do anything to counter it just like survivors cant do anything to counter killer aura perks unless they use the one perk that can. How is it fair killers can use so many aura perks and take down a team in less than 5 minutes but the moment someone uses distortion the game is unfair for killers?. Its very much needed. Do i think survivors should be hiding the whole game with it? No you can use it without hiding, but i dont think changing the perk will solve anyones problem with it

[@jeremysaynomore7175]

Distorsion needs a nerf

[@sinusinfection1260]

They should really remove the hidden scratch marks from distortion

[@dregenbern6810]

I wonder if the sentiments im seeing in the comments would persist if killers got a perk that prevented survivors from using auras Would it still be "the problem is an over reliance on aura perks not this one perk"?

[@Andrekenz]

@@dregenbern6810 but they have perks like that?

[@dregenbern6810]

@@Andrekenz could you please give me an example? I can't find anything online or in game

[@Andrekenz]

@@dregenbern6810 any perks that inflict blindness effect to survivors

[@dregenbern6810]

@@Andrekenz okay I do stand corrected. But none of those are permanent or active at the start of the game, and all of them have counterplay survivors are in control of.

[@Andrekenz]

@@dregenbern6810 yes but survivor aura reading perk are not nearly as good as killer ones

[@nooamalka4283]

Distortion just makes using information perks useless. Lately I’ve found myself running 4 slowdown perks instead. Such a boring meta for survivors.

[@Andrekenz]

@@nooamalka4283 I know tell me about it😭 I'm so done with 4 gen regression perks...

[@sapphirethealpha5005]

Killers also have stealth ya know? That makes alert, wire trap, dark sense. etc etc also useless

[@nooamalka4283]

@@sapphirethealpha5005 Expect Killer stealth is garbage and survivor stealth is viable. Edit: Also survivor knowing where the killer is, is way more useful than killer knowing where the survivors are.

[@sapphirethealpha5005]

@@nooamalka4283 just saying that sometiems your perk gets countered, that is just how it is, and if that is a massive problem to you, maybe dont play a game where you WILL get countered from time to time

[@HippieHeroTTV]

​@@sapphirethealpha5005the difference is killer's have to earn there stealth furtive chase machine learning and tinkerer have some pretty tough activation conditions at times. Distortion gets free value whenever you are near the killer allowing you to hide the entire rest of the match worry free oh let's not forget every survivor can already block aura reading base kit by using lockers at the correct time

[@xFrosten]

You seing 1-2 distortions every single game is a bit unrealistic. It only has a 10 % pickrate meaning that only in order for 2 survivors to run it in one game, there is a 1 / 100 chance of this happening... that means only 1 / 100 games has a duplicate instance of distortion and only 1 / 10 games has a distortion user alltogether. In my experience people tend to only remember the "bad experience", where survivors run certain perks, while completely glossing over any game that actually has a good variety. Don't know if this is the case for you though

[@Andrekenz]

10% is still very high for a perk. also I wouldn't lie in a video just to make people believe me lol, I see distortion way too often

[@xFrosten]

@@Andrekenz Let me put it like this, I don't think you are lying, but what I can say for sure is that it is a statistical improbability for you to see 1-2 distortions every game I dislike distortion as well, especially as a huntress main and even though I feel that I see it "often" it is for sure not 1-2 every single game.

[@Sigourneyporpoise]

BUT I LOVE THE JEFF SASQUATCH PERK - YOU'LL PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD SURVIVOR HANDS xD

[@melonenlord2723]

I wouldn't use it if killer aura perk weren't that strong or you at least know that you are revealed. Now i use it when playing with friends to find out what the reveal perks are and what friends have to avoid. If i heal or get healed and i use up a tokem, we should go, becuase nurses calling and so on. It's quiet fun to figue it out and reduces the killer aura reading perks to more like a normal level where the whole team doesnt just get whiped out because they healed each other in a corner. And i also try to distract the killer from othgers of they got hooked more than me.

[@slickseviper9758]

i see a lot of survivors complaining about aura and defending distortion in the comments. let me make one thing clear Everyone is stupid. This aura reading is bc the game has to be faster paced and killers get punished hard for not knowing whos doing what or having a slightly too long chase due to a bad mindgame. The maps are garbage for everyone with good survivors being able to abuse maps to be hell for killers and bad surivvors just dying frame 2 because they don't know where anything is. IF the game was slowed down slightly from interaction to interaction and the maps had less connected weak loops and instead stronger loops it'd fix a bunch of problems. then aura perks and distortion can be tweaked and toned down Killers use aura perks because we have no gen regression worth a damn that's consistant against good survivors. Survivors use distortion because the meta has shifted to aura perks Both can be fixed by better map design and slightly more slowdown (not a ton like early eruption,COB,Pain res but just a little something ) If every killer perk had a hard set up condition it would need a stupid good pay off, like machine learning now even though it's still not that good imo, If every survivor perk had a hard set up condition you'd be off doing chests or totems and get 1 use per match. The pace of the game demands hard pressure. you can't get this pressure without aura reads for killers and you can't get that pressure without gen control/Info denial for survivors. This isn't a killer v survivor thing and i'm so fucking sick and tired of listening to brainlets blame anyone and everyone else for the problems that are cooked into the game.

[@Andrekenz]

in my comments everytime i get the same comment: 'stupid survivor main' 'dumb killer main' like what does it matter which site i play the most? can I not have an opinion?

[@slickseviper9758]

@@Andrekenz regardless of how you phrase it everones opinion is skewered by what they find the most frustrating. nobody is unbiased that's how human nature works. I'm just sick of looking at a video like this that's trying to start a discussion only for the same 3 NPC like defences and blame games going on in the comments.

[@ewaysrevenge]

This comment section is just filled with braindead survivor only players

[@Andrekenz]

ok mr killer only player

[@BEEPIcons98]

I recently did a stream against the twins a sable & Cheryl player use Distortion on pale rose, because the twins kept finding them. I was on death the sable player let me & other teammate died all because she wanted hatch.

[@Andrekenz]

@@BEEPIcons98 oo sounds fun... 😭😭

[@janni_03]

Just ban it in soloq lmao, whenever one of my friends plays it, i dont care

[@SourSyda]

When you can't get free hits from kicking gens and opening lockers anymore so you try to get survivor perks nerfed lol

[@Andrekenz]

I'm a surv main, I'm mostly annoyed at my team for leaving me to die all the time

[@ninoninononinoni8795]

Well, distortion shouldn't exist, but aura reading shouldn't either.

[@iKoroSenaii]

A lot of peeps use this perk for info lol it’s really useful. Every killer runs atleast 1 aura perk

[@Andrekenz]

@@iKoroSenaii Ik they do, and as I said in the vid, I think distortion is a great perk since it counters some of the best and most used perks but it comes with it's downsides...

[@iKoroSenaii]

You’re a killer main aren’t you ? Don’t you have other shit to complain about that actually makes any sense ?? Like all the OP killer perks and that they abuse all the time..

[@nathanletsplay9582]

I am a Survivor main and I think distortion needs a change :) and no he says in his video that you probably didnt watch that he is a survivor main. So maybe watch the video before yapping also no killer perk is OP theres way to counter most killer perks so yes it seems like a skill issue on your end :)

[@Andrekenz]

@@iKoroSenaii I say in the video, that you apparently didn't watch before commenting, that I am a survivor main

[@Andrekenz]

@@nathanletsplay9582 THANK YOUUUU!!!! At least someone pays attention😭 this makes me happy. Also about killer perks being counterable, gen regression perks are somewhat uncounterable like pain res, surge, grim embrace. Yes ig their counter is NOT DIE but it's almost impossible to not go down in a trial if the killer is good

[@littletroble_07]

people like you probably thought FtP and buckle up was fair and balanced💀

[@Аку-ю7ф]

@@littletroble_07 so long as killers can still tunnel 1 person out and ignore the other 3 to guarantee that 1 guy has to lose the game no matter how well they play (unless they loop for 5 gens or the entire team takes hits/downs for them, throwing the game as now the killer gets free pressure) or bleed people to death/4 slug, its hard to complain about things like mft or ftp buckle up. at least when both sides have unbalanced or unfun strategies they can be used against each other, instead of one side having all the below-the-belt tactics and the other being forced to "play fair". we shouldnt have double standards, either both sides need to be balanced *at the same time* or neither side should be balanced, we shouldnt be running into situations where one side is forced into "balanced" play, but the other can abuse every strategy under the sun